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Industrial equipment contracts in Canada

Public buyers in Canada published 31,662 industrial equipment contract awards between 1998 and 2026, worth $11.9 billion where a value was published, from 1,173 buyers. Department of National Defence awarded the most, with 7,063.

At a glance

31,662

Contract awards

Published award notices in this category.

$11.9 billion

Published value

From the 29,526 awards that published a value.

1,173

Public buyers

Departments, agencies, municipalities and institutions.

1998 to 2026

Years on record

First and latest award in this group.

Who buys

Top buyers

The public buyers that awarded the most industrial equipment contracts.

  1. 1Department of National Defence7,063 awards · $2.6 billion
  2. 2Fisheries and Oceans Canada900 awards · $249.1 million
  3. 3Ville de Gatineau.535 awards · $99.4 million
  4. 4Public Works and Government Services Canada505 awards · $199.8 million
  5. 5Ville de Québec494 awards · $221.4 million
  6. 6Société de transport de Montréal486 awards · $448.2 million
  7. 7Centre d'acquisitions gouvernementales449 awards · $1.1 billion
  8. 8Ville de Saguenay365 awards · $39 million

Activity

Awards by year

Published awards in the last 6 years. The current year is partial.

  • 20213,241 · $881.2 million
  • 20223,634 · $1.5 billion
  • 20234,085 · $2.2 billion
  • 20244,547 · $1.9 billion
  • 20254,235 · $1.6 billion
  • 20262,950 · $1.1 billion

Where the number of bidders was published, the median was 1.

Largest

Largest published awards

Latest

Recently awarded

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Industrial equipment contracts by province

Source: Publicus procurement data as of October 26, 2026. Counts are published award notices grouped by the publisher's own commodity codes; values are disclosed amounts in Canadian dollars, and undated awards are not counted, so totals are a floor.

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